Word: garbled
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert Example: to garble a quotation
To make false by mutilation or addition Example: The editor garbled the story.
To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt Example: to garble spices
(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled
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